New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press CANBRIDGE WINER OVER OXFORD CREW yprings Surprise by Defeating Favorites in Boat Race MAKE IT IN FAST .TIME Inexperienced Oarsmen Triumph Over | Veterans, Stroked by New Yorker, in Time But 12 Seconds Lower Than | Best Record Ever Made. ' By The Associated Press. Putney, Eng., April §.-——~Cambridge university’s ’varsity eight sprang a surprise today by defeating the heavi-, or and more experienced Oxford crew | in the seventy-sixth revival of their historic race on the Thames from Putney to Mortlake. The light blues| won by about 4 and one-half lsngth‘.‘ The official time was 18 minutes, 41 seconds. Make Fast Time | The smashing victory of the Cam- hiridge crew, made up largely of unr scasoned oarsmen, over the much- touted Oxonian veterans stroked by W, I*, Mellen of New York completely up- } set the calculations of the experts. It was a David and Goliath struggle and | hefore the race the advantage had scemed to rest with the much heavier vrew of dark blues, six of whom had | rowed for Oxford before while the' ight blues had only one veteram in li# boat. % ‘The easy victory of the Cambridge | voungsters was won in fast time—the | mark they made being only 12 sec- wnde slower than the record of 18 ainutes, 29 seconds held by Oxford, Cambridge’s time of 18 minutes, 41 conds has been beaten only once in he history of the race—the occasion n which Oxford established a record n 1911, in the long series of races, in fact, | ias time better than 19 minutes been made, | Cambridge Wins Toss | (‘fambridge won the toss and chonei he Surrey or southern side of {he course, This choice was a surprise to nany of the experts, as it was gen-|in-law Antonio Caijery rally expected the winners of the | oss would choose the northern side, vhich afforded much protection from he wind during the first two miles nd at the finish. | The Cambridge captain's choice was | rade after & long consultation with | Villlam KEast, the famous oarsmen, nd with several of the old light blues. | Bright sunshine tempered the. wriheast wind and before noon large | rowds already thronged the towpath long the coirse, ‘The Oxonians were strong favorites the betting, at three to one, but liere were plenty of Cambridge lup~| orters, Takes And Folds Yead At the mile mark Cambridge was cading by a quarter of a length. With two miles covered Cambridge +as leading by two lengths, Oxford pulled up during the third mile, at e end of which the Cambridge ad- antage had been reduced to one ength, but/during the fourth milé the lighter Cambridge oarsmen again pulled away and flashed over the line wonderful winner, Better Urew Won New York, April 6.—~Chase Mellen, prominent New York lawyer and tather of W, P. Mellen, stroke on the Oxford erew that lost to Cambridge in their annual race ‘oday, took the Jefeat of his son’s eight philosophical- “Of course we hoped out boy's crew would make if two straight” said the elder Mellen, who himself, pulled an oar at Oxford in the 80's “but the better crew, as they raced today, undoubtedly won.” London, April 5.~Oxford has won 40 of the 756 races in the past, and | was the victor last year in 20 min. | utes, 54 seconds. The record for the | 4 1-4 mile course was established by the Oxford erew of 1911, in 18 min- utes 29 seconds. Village in ebec Is Menaced by Fierce Fire Vietorlaville, Que,, April 5.—~The village of St, Paul de Chester in Arthabaska county today was menaced by fire which began in a small store, Earthquakes Cause i Davmage in England Southampton, April 5.—Con- siderable damage has been eaused in a number of places in this vicinity by earth tremors. In some instances the shocks were so violent that residents thought the city was being bomber., A number of chim- neys were 3h(mwn down, crash- ing Into the’ houses beneath them. London, April 5.—Severe earthquake shiocks recurred last night in the Derbyshire coal fie'ds and in the neighborhood of Alfreton, Shocks were first noticed at about 11 o'clock and were more violent than any of those early in March when the earth disturbances were first NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1924, —SIXTEEN PAGE |SCOTTON ASKS $20100 FOR " INJURIES 10 HIS FAMILY | Hartford Man Sues Stanley Street Resident As Result of Col- lision March 27 Damage of $20,000 are asked by Arthur G. Scotton of Hartford for in- juries to himself, his wife and baby as a result of the collision between his machine and one owned by Lester B. Morecroft, who was found gulity in court this morning of driving under | |the influence of liquor on Stanley street, March 27 at the time of the | accident, | The complaint in the case alleges that Morecroft's machine was being driven negligently and that it turned abruptly in front of Scotton’s ma-. chine so that it was impossible for | JAIL SENTENCE FOR STANLEY ST. CRASH Morecrolt, Given 30 Days and- Fined $150, Files Apped SAYS HE WAS NOT DRIVIN | Defense Claims Companion of Ac- cused Man Was at Wheel—Police Testify Principal Was Drunk When Placed Under Arrest. Charged ‘with operating an auto- Only three times previously | | noticed. Many buildings were shaken and windows vibrated loudly. The oscillations were accom- panied by dull noises similar to | those produced by heavy lorries running in quiet streets or train in a tunnel. The vib tions were distinctly felt in mines, To the northward of Alfr the shocks were equally ma. and the people ran into the streets in alarm. Apparently little damage was done although the shaking of strata in the col- llery workings has caused some anxiety, L TN TV who Taken Without Approval of Board other- the' 6 lex- aing, efrcnm the plaintiff to stop soon enough to | mobile while under the influence of 27, e | Lester B, Morecroft was found guilty RE“R[i ANIZA’""N A’I‘ | William C. Hungerford and fined i ! Morecroft claimed that he was not 1] n :driving the machine at all, that his gbrnlher-in-lnw was operating it. He .kleled. 5] an accident near Ibelle's corner on | machine colliided with an automobile mi"w [0 Bl‘ing Am“t GI ;e jowned and driven by A. G. Scotton, ’1 2 | broken leg and his child a scvere cut i | Patrolman Thomas Tierney, ,NEW ISSUE Is SUGGEST arrested Morecroft, told the ———— | was very drunk and admitted that | scene with the police service car, MURI]ERER fiETS AWAY estified that Morecroft was drunk. | of Directors, it is Said, At this point, Judge Willlam | Mangan told the court that it wa HITH 9| - 1 " Killing Closely Resembles tuis city and . 1. Wilcox and Arthur | try to prove that the man was not P, Day of Hartford have been seletteq | drunk, but that the defense was + P ' was not driving the machine at all. Two Mo A Ago holders of the New Britain Machine | - Scotton testifiod that he did. oo oo et e b g 2 but the man who was with More- ridgeport, 3 - o prose o :;:. ]mp ® ml,-‘.:\li- plied to the payment of preforred croft had told him in the presence $ dividends, |driving. In cross examin . atio He was identifi' (] ik o] ment of a dividend in 1921 and the that when Scotton spoke to the preferred stockholders took over the other man, the defendant was about {avoid the collision. |liquor on Stanley street, March 27, | in police court this morning by Judge | $150 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. { The arrest of Morecroft followed T s Name Gom. Stanley street in which Morecroft's |causing Scotton’s wite to receive a |on the head. ' {that when arrested the BRI“fiEPflR]‘ER SMIN [No Change in Management Con- 'he was driving the car. Patrolnan L y | tempiated and No Action Will be Charles Anderson, who went to the Claim Another Man Was Driving, . G. Platt and R. 8. Brown of not the intention of the defense to » That Father i - of Father Dahme as @ committeo of the common stock. | P2 on the claim that = Morecroft Co, to effect a reorganization of llm}l(‘l' who was driving the machine, 1 company 80 thut earnings may be ap- | of the defendant that Morecroft was fied as Joseph Se at T The compuny defaulted In the pay. | Scotton, defense counsel brought out managenient of the concern, In- 20 feet away from them. Asked if ington avenue, earl ntis, The shoeting of stances of which pwen afisombied those in connection witigeam ¥.ooting two months ago of Rev, Hui 1 Lutim pastor of 8t. Joseph's church, coared a stir in police circles today, Four bullets were fired Intr the body of the wurdered man by the assassin who iuanediatoly bearded an automobile nud wos rushed anuy by another man who vas duiving As in the murder of Pather Dahm, no eyewitnesses of the crime had been | tyre dividends and unpald accumulat found by the police up to this after- | .4 dividends, and a reduction in the | noon. The murder was committed common stock by the substitution of about 11:30 o'clek at the top of the giares of no par value for the out- Arch street hill in the rear of Con- | ganding shares of $25 pdt value. No gress high school, Frank McDonough ' change in tho management in to take who was walking through Arch street | ;1ace it fs said and no plan will be from Main says he heard revolver| ,up iy force without the approval of shots. He believes there were five.|{ho present board of directors. He then saw an automobile which had | proxies were sent today to the was what the defense contended, apparently been faclng Maln street | go0knolders so permission may be | that Marsh was driving the machine turn quickly and race away. | voted the committee to procced with and that it he was on the left hand Dashing to the top of the hill Me-| yopi on the plan. side of the front seat, he was behind Donough found the body of Serofani |the wheel. Smith then offered to who was still alive. He dled at the | ootrest his testimony, and Whea ho;xx;l'c:; l:;‘:': )I‘l;lnl::z:.lnt‘;r‘."vle"d§ POSTHASTER ARRESTED | asked to do 8o by defense counsel, he A€ Neare. e Arguing e the strest| | sald that probably Marsh said the ey e Whe Bad ! | right hand side, wi 'ound who had seen | | ’ . the :r:a?:iey 15 | Lakeville, Conn., Officlal fs Held on | Lieut. Bamuel Bamforth, who book- ed Morecroft at the station, testified The police this afternoon said they | (harge of Imbezdling $5,135 in that he was very drunk and that he bhad a good description of the car in admitted driving the car, but denfed which the murderer escaped. It was that he had been in an accident or a red, light touring car with side cur- {that he hiad been drinking. tains. Hartford, April 5—Michael J. B(nn-‘ Morveroft Denies Driving ton, postmaster of Lhkeville, was ar-| Morecroft testified The police, in absence of any evi- o | ed that he was not dence z to what has m”ene; fo- rested today on a warrant charging | driviug the car, saying that Marsh cently in the murdered man's fam- | tory I8 now operating at w profit, | had the conversation In the court- There {8 still, however, a large capi-! room, Scotton sald that he couldn’t tal defieit and no distribution to stock. | but did not think that holders can legally be made while this | recognize him anyway. Hareld H. condition exists. Iu order to apply Marsh, the alleged driver of the carnings to preferred dividends an machine, was sitting in the rear of organization must be effected, The|the courtroqm, plan suggested is a reduction in' the | Wit Corrocts Testimony. preferred dividend rate from eight to| A man named Swith was called to seven per cent applicable both to fu- the stand and told the court that he | had & conversation with Marsh, and hat Marsh told him he was sitting on the left side of the front at with his left hand put out to warn any machines behind them that they were going to turn. Judge Mangan sald that the testimony was very #00d, and called Smith's attention to {the fact that what he had testified Government Funds. Nesta Fined 815 spread to seven adjoining buildings and raged, unchecked, all night. Al wires to the town which is far away trom the rallway line, were down. St. Paul Chester, Que, April 5.~/ Damage estimated at $200,000 was caused by a fire which swept this vil- | iage late yesterday destroying five dwellings and damaging four others. Morris Gest, Producer, Is Sued Today for $510,000 New York, April b.—Princess )luh( Carinl Matchabelli, known on the | stage as Marfe Carmi, today brought suit in the supreme court against Morris Gest producer asking $510,000 | damages for alleged breach of eon-| tract and asserting that Lady Diana | Duff Cooper, English actress, had been substituted for her in a role for which she had been engaged. GOING AFTER APPETIZER | New York, April 5.—William Trav-, ers Jerome, former district attorney, today sailed for Bermuda on the liner Arcadian for the specific and solltary | purpose of getting some “bass al which he said was the only real ap- | petizer. { NOTIFIED TO BE IN COURT Walter Marick of 184 Chestnut | street was notified this afternoon 10| apear in police court Monday morn- | “ing to answer to a charge of violat- | ing the liquor law as the result of | the seigure in his, store vesterday of | about 125 gallons of hard cider. An row. him with the embezziement of $5,136 had operated the machine from a 3 in omney order funds from the Lake- friend's housa where he had i1 e bellef that there | h heen 'yulv;;lin:’dmznl‘h out of & vendetta, | ville postoffice. He was bound over drinking. Marsh was called to the The murdered man's nephew, George | to the next term of the United States stand and he corroborated Morecroft's Btrofani, on December 2 ”i! was | district court in $1,000 bonds Whlcl"luflmon)’ , y Yy stabbed to death by one Charles Plava |18 mother furnished. in & fight which rose over family af- | = e | was fined $10 and costs for operating fairs, Plava escaped and the police | was - have been looking’ for him ever since. | MND GRANTS HEI‘D UP |an automobile without a license and They are trying to fit a description | 186 for falling to obey the signal of of the man seen this morning in the | i1r;mc Officer Hanford Dart., Dart car to what they hold as & descrip- | 2,550,000 Acres in Glacier Bay, Alas- |11 oo the man yesterday afternoon tion of the layer of the nephew. | {at Frankiin square when he falled ka, May Be Developed Into a Na- 10 stop on signal and when the police- {man questioned him, Nesta sald that tional Monument. |he was out practicing so that he MURDER AND SUICIDE | . [Sound ‘get & riconse mest week: | Washington, April b.——Tr,mronry{ The chse of L.ass George of Hart withdrawal from settlement and | rorg, charged with reckless driving, Frederick, Md.,, Young Woman Slain _!_nom“-u‘ml entry of approximately 2,- | was continued until next Saturday be- | 560,000 acres in Glacier Bay, Alaska, | cause of the iliness of his attorney. bu Suitor Because She Refused to 'to determine the advisability of in- | cluding the whole or part of the arca | = Become His Briae. o within a national monument, is pro- Motor Troubles Cause New vided in an executive order made | 7 ,’:‘;:d-;('c‘:,“ :‘v:“;“"‘pz‘:l w"};:):v‘:: public today by the interior depart- | Delay for World Fliers Jlinton | ment. Seattle, April 5-—Motor troubl shot last night by Clinton Shepherd, | | attle, » rouble her 43 years old suitor because she |, Clacial formations in the bay are | with the plane of Major Frederick L. sald she refused to marry him, gied | "cioved to be of great scenic value | Martin, commanding the flight of four at the ety hospital here early today | 214 the American ecological soclely I8 | eruisers of the United States army Shepherd ahot himself at his brother's | Troreo "6 CTeation of & monument | around the world, stopped & hop-oft ere. o home here and was found there in a g today, just as the machine were ready dying condition by the sheriff a few As most of the lr?l is unsurveyed !to rise from Lake Washington after hours before the death of the vietim, | e o mharauvely few Claits | the engines had been started with dif- who had received four bullet wounds. v;::)‘-"l::’l. ':: ","’::m'?::'",n:";r::' | fleuity. § o g B g o B Martin said that ther st He died at the ospital. cupied and claimed as homesteads In- R s e g iy Shepherd was a member ©of A gian allotments, and other sites for :’m‘:‘“"e‘:':‘"l;o::‘"a Watter wae | manufactaring should not be invali- ugh > dated. blacksmith. T ROCK BLOCKS HIGHWAY, BATTLE FLEET PLAN Winstead, April 5.—Travel along > 3 JE FLEET PLANS | Highland lake was blocked today by Mflsl‘! of Sm”fll) Is Los Angeles, April 5.—The U. 8. % #ide of rock at “The Tublet.” The Voted Sent to Anderson vattie fieet will jeave Panama for | Tock Went into Wakeficld boulevard. - southern California waters April 12| - . e A R es ot siaing | arriving here April 21, according to| HAVERS LEADING JONES, triendship was sent t6 William 1. An. | Gispatches recelved from the flagship | Atianta, April 5.—Arthur Havers, derson, resigned superintendent of the California after completition last might RBritish open champion, was leading Antl-Saloon League of New York, by Of the flects two months program ' Bobby Jomes, American open the Troy Methodist conference today. | “INter mancuvers in the Caribbean ' holder, two up at the end of their North Adams, Mass, was chosen as “Co- morning round of their 48 holes golf the scene of the 1925 session of the match here today. Havers had a 7 conference. (and Jones a 78, L GOV. SUGGESTS AVIATION FIELD Mayor A. M. Paonessa today ve-| * STRIBLING AGREES TO BOX ceived from Gov. Charles Templeton | | New York, April 5.—Young Srtib- a letter suggesting that * this eity | ling, Georgia light heavyweight today | make plans in its city development | agreed, through his father-manager, program for an aviation fleld. The | | “pa” Stribling, to box Mike Burke of , mayvor replied in & letter explaining New York in a six round bout for the that he would take the matter up THE WEATHER —pun Hartford, April 5.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fuir tonight. Sunday clondy, possibly becoming unsettied; debtedness has been paid and the fae- | he could see the man with whom he he would | Michael Nesta of 146 Winter streot | | would not be attempted until tomor- | title | S. \GEORGE W, PARTRIDGE DIES Nonagenarian Passes Away at Home of Grandson, Ex-Mayor George A. Quigley. George W. Partridge, who would have observed his 94th birthday if he i had lived until May, dled at the home of his grandson, Ex-Mayor George A. Quigley, at 130 Maple street at an | early hour this morning. Mr. Part- ridge has made his home with Mr. Quigley for a considerable length of time and enjoyed a wide acquaintance | in this city. He is survived by two | daughters, Mrs, Caroline Quigley of this city and Mrs. Sarah P. Cook of Los Angeles, Cal. 1 The funeral wiil be held from Quigley home at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev, Henry W. Maier, pastor of the First Church of Ch will officiate at the servic Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. RADIOS, AT MORE THAN $90 WHOLESALE, TAXED |Others to Be Exempt—Jew- | elry Limit Now Put at | $25 by Committee court | defendant | Washington, April 5.—All radio sets sclling for less than $50 whole- sale vare exempted from the proposed ten per cent tax by the senate finance committe today In winding up its con- | sideration of a revenue bill, The committee also agreed to ex- empt only articles selling for $256 or less from the jewelry tax of five per cent Instead of articles selling for Jess | {than $40 as voted by the house. ! Watches selling fcr less than $60 are 'exempt from the tax as passed by the liouse, Previous agreement to change the | brackets to which the estate tax rates | , would apply #o that $12,000,000 ad- ditional revenue would be raised an- | nually was set aside and the present rates of the estate tax restored to the | bill, ! rates to a maximum of 40 per cent over the present 256 per cent and this was opposed by Secretary Mellon. DRY NAYY PREPARCS Put 1o Sea in Few Weeks, ‘Washington, April 5 The first units of the coast guards new pro- hibition navy probably will be ready to put to sea within a few weeks, | With $18,000,000 additional avail- able under a recent congressional ap- propriation coast guard officlals have drawn up plans for the acquisition of 300 large and small vessels equipped to chase rum runnners away from | personnel to man them. the coast guard to purchase from the pavy. The present Intention is to select 20 ships from the destroyer squadron now lying out of commis- |sion at Phlladelphia. Coast guard officlals have inspected these ships and are drawing up specifications for their reconditioning. PATROLS SEEK BANDITS | Complete Checkup At Bellmore, ) Shows That Bank Robbers Got Away With Almost $8,000, + Bellmore, N. Y, April 5—Strong patrons of state troopers, Nassau county police and citizens volunteers maintained a search today for the bandits who yesterday held up the First National Bank here, killed Ern- est L. Whitman a bond salesman and escaped in an automobile with aimost $8,000 in cash, Since the automobile used by the bandits was found late | yesterday afternoon no further clews to the identity of the men have been tuncovered. | District Attorney Weeks of Nassau [ epunty asked the New York police to lend him several detectives to aid in |the search, He expressed the con- Y. | by New York gunmen who had made up to take place while most of the | hank officlals and employes Were at | lunch. A check-up of the bank's cash to- day disclosed that the bandits had |taken § Princeton’s Rowing Shell Hits Snag and Is Wrecked Princeton, N. J., April 5.—Princeton |university’s favorite rowing shell, which has won many victories for the Tigers, was wrecked and the varsity crew plunged into Lake Carnegie yes- terday afternoon when it struck a |snag in rowing practice. The shell was ripped from end to end and sank |immediately. The crew swam shore |in water made lcy by recent melting snows, The wrecked boat was Princeton’s prize craft, having earried Heinie Leh and his erew to championship over | Yale, Harvard and the Navy In 1921, |Tast season's only Tiger victory, that over Harvard, was made in the same shell. Por— BANNER YEAR PREDICTED Seattle, April 5.—During 1924, Alas- ka will witness a banner trade and production season and will increase |greatly its gold output, according to data received by the Alaska bureau {of the Seattle chamber of commerce today. Products shipped from the | ' ON EVE OF 94TH BIRTHDAY the | i | “for separation The house had increased these | American shores and for an eniarged | | The nucleus of the force will be 20 | destroyers, which congress authorized | viction that the erime was perpetrated | { careful plans and had timed the hold- | SUES SCREEN BEAUTY FOR $200,080 DAMAGES Mrs. Brewster Claims Miss Palmer Stole Her Hus- band’s Love Away | | New Brews | wealthy azine: York, April b.—Mrs. Liean publisher of motion picture formerly of Roslin, L. I, suit in the supreme court against Miss Corliss Palmer, charging her with alienating her husband’s af- fections and asking $200,000 damages. In 1922 Mrs, Brewster began a suit maintaining that her magazir ttoday 1 | | husband had housed in his home a screen actress. After the sult was settled out of cowrt, Brewster teok up his home on an estate at Morristown, N. J., where he installed | Miss Palmer, her mother and family. |He declared he would marry Miss | Palmer “as soon as the law permits.” The complaint says Brewster and Mrs. Brewster were married at Stam- |ford, Conn., December 27, 1916 and {lived happily until Dee, 1920. A son Virgil, was born to them February 20, 1920, and the boy remains tn her The couple had homes in and else- | custody. Roslyn, New York city, where, Mrs, Brewster says she aided her i.!ucor. he has become very .wealthy, | 8he says Miss Palmer arrived at Ros- {lyn in December, 1920, The complaint alleges Miss Palmer undertook allenation of Mr, Brewster' affection for the purpose of winning his financial assistance and depriving his wife of his society, comfort and | support and that money was the basis {of her desire to accomplish this de- I sign, The complaint alleges that Brew- ‘ster and Miss Palmer have openly | “consorted together” and that the two | are now living in Morristown, N. where, the complaint says, Miss Palx er induced Brewster to set up an elaborate luxurious establishment for | her use, The complaint alleges Brewster has given Miss Palmer many costly gifis |and 1s maintatuing ber in the Moriis. IMW“ Jiome in a lavish manner, while Mrs, Brewster and child are abandon- ed, descrted and deprived of suppo |DEATH COMES 10 WIFE OF BRISTOL FIRE CHIEF | Mrs, John H, Hayes, Aged 48, Dies Today at Home at 15 High Street, Bristol (8pecial to The Merald,) Mrs, John M. Hayes, 48 years old, wife of Fire Chief J. H, Hayes, died this morning at 4 o'clock at her home, 15 High street, after an illness of seve |eral weeks with pneumonia. She was |born In this city in 1876, the daughter of the late James and Bridget Mis- |wett, and has been a litelong resident, Following attendance at the Federal | Hill school, she entered the local high {school, of which institution she was |a graduate, She was married in May, 11502, to Mr. Hayes, Besdes her hus- band she leaves her mother, Mra | Bridget Missett of this city; a daugh- ter, Miss Rena Hayes, a student at | Trinity college, Washington, D, C.; six | sisters, Mrs, Mary E. Coyle of New | Haven, Mra. J. J. Fitzgerald of New Haven, Misses Annie, Grace and Tillie | Missett of this city and Miss Ellen | Missett of New York and a brother, Joseph Missett of Hartford . Mrs, Hayes was a lifelong attendant at St. Joseph's church and was a | member of the Rosary and Scapular gociety of that church. She was &g active in Isabella Circle, Daughters of Jsabella and in the Royal Neighbors lof America, | The funeral will be held on Monday morning at 9 o'clock at her home. A solemn high mass of requiem will be {celebrated at 9:30 o'clock at St. Jos- eph’s chureh and burial will take place in St. Thomas' cemetery. N. H. ROAD BALLOTING Indication are That Grand Officers of | Brotherhiood Have Been Given Pull Authority in Negotiations. New Haven, April 5—It was an- nounced in raiiroad labor union con- ferences today that General Manager C. L. Bardo of the N, ¥, N. H. and H. railroad had asked for a conference with the committees of the engineers and firemen which have just sent out a ballot to members of those brother. hoods on the system for instructio on certain points of disagreement over operating schedules, Vice-president Fred Wilewis of the brotherhood who {18 here, sald that assistant Grand Chief L. G. Griffing of the brother- hood of locomotive engineers will be there Monday morning and that the committes conference with Mr. Bardo wiil take place in the afternoon. No statements was lssued company’s offices. | 1t is said that returns on the ballot | sent out indicate that the grand offi- cers have been given full power tode- cide what shall be done if an agree- | ment is not reached. Mr. Bardo con- |ceded a wage Increase but he has in- | sisted on certain changes in working rules which the men do not wish to {grant. The changes desired by Mr. Bardo were in thoss which cover “deadheading” passenger switching, by the Rosiyn | hushand to establish bimself and that | as an author and moving picture pro- | Average Daily Circulation Week Ending 10’ 461 March 29th . PRICE THREE CENTS FOR POSTMASTER IN PARK CITY IS ATTACKED AS A “CORRUPT” POLITICIAN - Atty. B. M. Holden Files Formal Com- plaint Against Ap- pointment With Sen- ate Committee On: Post Offices. 'Says He Can Prove “He Put in the Most Corrupt | Political System Ever Known in a New England | City.” , wife of Eugene V. Brewster, | Hartford, April 5.—"We claim and | it permitted to.can prove that he put lin the most corrupt political system ever known in a New England city,” is the charge made against Arthur I, | Connor of Bridgeport nominec for the postmastership in that city, in a brief jfiled in Washington with the United States senate committee on post of- | flces and post roads by counsel for the opponent for the nomination and made public today by Attorney Bene | diet M, Holden, | It 18 pointed out in the brief that jafter the Bridgeport board of relief had first its work and the board of |aportionment had fixed the tax rate and the mayor had signed the rate | book the book was sent to Connor as |tax commissioner to enable him to {send out his bills and collect taxes, | Reductions Charged It s claimed that Connor without legal right rveduced the valuation so made up in the grand list as follow 1918, $1,963,64 2,099,300, This was in addition to the legal reduction made by the board of ree | Hef. * The brief points out that in his | testimony by a committee Connor ad« | mitted the following: | 1=That he acted without written | complaint of any kind. 2=<That he made no public records {and such as were made w kept | under his sonal supervision so that he could “make explanation.” | 3-~That all books contalning any | records of the transactions which he {had in his office disappeared the night he left the office, 4—That both he and his secretary were notified to return the books. “That the city attorney demande ed roturn of the books. Was Publicly Acensed | 8—That he was publicly accused of + stealing the books to bide his male | teasance in office, [ 7—That he did not gsk assistance of the police in finding the books. §~That he did not deny to the board of assessors or any one repre- ‘lm\nllng them the charge that he or | lils secretary had taken the books. 9—That books of a similar nature | kept by Ms predecessor were kept fn A vault but his were kept in his prive ate desk. 10—That the charge of secreting the books to hide the record of his lofficial conduct was publicly made. 11—-That he did not publicly deny the charge. Lawyers appearing in {opposition to Connor confirmation | maintained that though Connor had {a vault in his office he says in his | testimony that he never saw it locked |and tn the four years he was in of- fice he did not know whether it could | be locked but told the committee his books must have been taken by some- jone who wanted to injure him and that they contained records whifh were valuable to him Comnors Makes Reply. Bridgeport, April be—Arthur ¥, Connor's written answer to charges against him by persons opposed to his confirmation as postmaster of Bridge- port was filed today by his counsel, A. L. DeLaney, with the senate sub- committee which recently held & hearing in the matter. The brief up- | holds Connor's conduct in his admin- istfution as tax commissioner and asks the committee’s approval of his nomination “because the remon- strants: have miserably failed in their charges, not one of which has been proven, not even by the slightest scin- tilla of evidence.” Attorney Delaney's brief for Cone nor confines his argument to the question as to whether or not Connor “as tax commissioner acted eitheg §1- lega or contrary to estallished cus- toms,” The issuance of certificates of error has been the custom in the city of Brid ort “since 15898 to the pre ent day” and this is “admitted by the remonstrants” the brief says. Attors ney Delaney points to similar proce- dure in vogue in New Haven and clsewhere and says the procedure I8 in keeping with the law Lawyer's Brief. DeLaney's Attorney brief cone ecludes “l have been informed that the at- torney for the remonstrants has men- tioned in his brief a corrupt political ring. This unfortunate remsrk is evi- dence of the weakness of the remon- |strants’ case is_absolutely unw@rthy of notice and T hesitate to speak fur- ther upon it. 1t is sufficient for the remonstrants to have admitted that Mr. Connor is absolutely without | moral turpitude and dishonesty. “Fipally and unfortunately an op-. portunity has been given thess re- monstrants to vent their bitter, pare benefit of the Olympie fund here on, with the board of public works and | April 29 providing Atlanta promoters the effy roning commission and that fittle change in temperature. | {territory during February totalled $1,- | of the aicoholic content allowed by | will release him from a contract 10! he would also bring it fo the atten- | | {920,863, compared with $1,708395 -] aw, sid | box there on the same date. tion of the chamber of COMMETCE. | % cme——— % | Y68 2§0. A - analysis of the €ider was made and tai ¥ e i it was found to contain far in exc “learning the road,” and the examin- I ationa. 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